Although not all to rare, I thought I would just write a quick post on the blackbirds in north London.
The first wave of blackbirds for the area came in this morning (I was out all day yesterday and saw none), starting with seven Red-winged Blackbirds. Throughout the day their numbers gradually increased, and a few males have seemed to begin setting up shop. Late this afternoon I came across a flock of around 90 Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles, which for this area is an exceptional number for this date (at this time last year I had only seen one Red-winged). I expect numbers to keep building in the coming days. I saw the large blackbird flock off of Sunningdale Rd. in North London, between Richmond street and Adelaide street. There are a couple nice places in the neighborhood (Uplands Trail, Virginia Park etc.) that were also productive for blackbirds and other songbirds today, and Uplands had a Fox Sparrow yesterday. Good birding, Quinten Wiegersma London, Ont https://birdsbugsbotany.blogspot.ca/ https://naturalistsoftomorrow.blogspot.ca/ qwieger...@hotmail.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
